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Team USA Earns Top 5 Team Finishes At World Cross Country Championships

Team USA was well represented with two fifth-place team finishes in the senior men's and women's races on Sunday at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. While battling 78-degree temperatures in 65 percent humidity, the American competitors notched several notable performances in Kampala, Uganda.

Mar 27, 2017

Geoffrey Kamworor Repeats As World Cross Country Champion

Despite an aggressive surge from a competitor at the mid-way point, Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor fought back to claim his second consecutive IAAF World Cross Country Championship Sunday in Kampala, Uganda.

Mar 26, 2017

Kenya Claims Unprecedented Team Victory At IAAF World Cross Country

Led by an individual title from Irene Cheptai, Kenya displayed the first ever clean sweep of the women's senior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda.

Mar 26, 2017

Team Kenya Claims Mixed Relay Victory At IAAF World Cross Country

Led by a dominant leadoff leg from three-time 1500m world champion Asbel Kiprop, Kenya brought home the gold in the mixed relay at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda. 

Mar 26, 2017

LIVE UPDATES: IAAF World XC Championships

Follow along with live updates of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

Mar 26, 2017

World Cross Preview: How Will Kenya And Ethiopia Divide The Golds?

The IAAF World Cross Country Championships are in Kampala, Uganda, beginning with the mixed relay at 7:00 AM Central on Sunday. We preview the senior races below. Here are the IAAF previews of the men's and women's junior races.

Mar 24, 2017

A Complete Statistical Breakdown Of World Cross

Here's K. Ken Nakamura's second stat-based preview of Sunday's IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda. The first was a chronology; this one delves into the stats and breaks down the current contenders. The full thing appears below.A few tidbits:-A sweep of the men’s and women’s junior and senior individual titles has only happened four times: Kenya in 2010 and 1994, and Ethiopia in 2008.-No man has won by more than the 28 seconds John Ngugi won by in 1989.-There have been four men’s races where the top two finishers had the same time, most recently in 1990.-There have been two men’s team ties, between Kenya and Ethiopia in 2009 and 2015. The team tiebreaker at world cross is whose last scorer finishes closer to first place—-i.e. whose No. 4 runner finishes first.-Kenenisa Bekele was the last man to win multiple gold medals.-The last country to sweep the senior men’s individual medals was Kenya in 1993.-Men and women from the same country have only swept the senior races six times, though Kenya has done so at the last two. Japheth Korir and Emily Chebet won in 2014, and Geoffrey Kamworor and Agnes Tirop won in 2015. (Chebet was later suspended for doping; Kamworor is looking to defend his title this year.)-Grete Waitz won by 30 seconds in 1978 and 44 seconds in 1908, still the two biggest margins of victory in the women’s race.-Kenya and Ethiopia had to go to the tiebreaker in 1991 and 2007.-Chebet is the last woman to win multiple golds; she’s banned until July 2019, but not stripped of those titles. Before her, Tirunesh Dibaba won three golds between 2005 and 2008.-Dibaba is the last woman to to win world cross and Olympic gold. Rio gold medalists Faith Kipyegon (1500m) and Ruth Jebet (steeple) are racing on Sunday.-No country has ever swept the top three medals in the long race, but either Kenya or Ethiopia has won two medals at every world cross since 2003. The U.S. won two medals with Deena Kastor (then Drossin) and Colleen de Reuck in 2002.-Kenyan women have won the last five world championships.Statistical Reference File for 2017 World Cross Country Championships 

Mar 24, 2017

A Comprehensive History Of The World Cross Country Championships

Courtesy of statistician K. Ken Nakamura, enjoy this history of the world cross country championships. The history dates back to 1903, though the first IAAF World Championships were not until 1973.

Mar 24, 2017

Why World XC Medalists Aren't Always Contenders For Outdoor Global Titles

Unlike the NCAA system, the IAAF World Cross Country Championships don't always host a majority of the best distance athletes in the field.

Mar 24, 2017

Five Facts To Know About The Team USA Women At World Cross

The U.S. senior women's team of Sarah Pagano, Elaina Balouris, Aliphine Tuliamuk, Natosha Rogers, Stephanie Bruce, and Emily Pritt is heading to Kampala, Uganda, to compete at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Sunday. Here are five facts to know about Team USA heading into this weekend's race.

Mar 23, 2017

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FloTrack's IAAF World XC Predictions

Here are our expert picks for the 2017 IAAF World XC Championships.

Mar 23, 2017

1500m Stars Asbel Kiprop, Genzebe Dibaba Lead Mixed Relay At World Cross

In a rare showdown between two 1500m world champions, Team Kenya and Team Ethiopia are putting together stacked quartets to headline the mixed relay competition at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships this Sunday in Kampala, Uganda.

Mar 22, 2017